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Terence


More commonly referred to as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic.
Terence
Diem adimere aegritudinem hominibus.
Terence quotes
Ne quid nimis.
Terence
Nil est dictu facilius.




Terence quotes
Jupiter, now assuredly is the time when I could readily consent to be slain, 4 lest life should sully this ecstasy with some disaster.
Terence
Fortis fortuna adiuvat.
Terence quotes
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Terence
Take care and say this with presence of mind.
Terence quotes
Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto.
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Lovers’ rows make love whole again.
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I am a human and consider nothing human alien to me.
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Nil tam difficile est quin quaerendo investigari possiet.




Terence quotes
Immortal gods! how much does one man excel another! What a difference there is between a wise person and a fool!
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Amantium irae amoris integratio est.
Terence quotes
I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.
Terence
The highest law is often the greatest wrong.
Terence quotes
If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything.
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I am a man; I consider nothing human alien to me.
Terence quotes
Nullumst iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.
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There are vicissitudes in all things.
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This and a great deal more like it I have had to put up with.


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